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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
A VETERAN CONFEDERATE.
Death of Gen. william Preston at Lex.
ington.

Gen. William Preston, a distinguished
Kentuckian and prominent Confederate off,
Ger during the war, died at his residence in
Lexington on the 2lst inst, aged n years.
He was born in Louisville and educated for
the law, beginning his practice in Louisville
as partner of the Hon. William J. Graves.
When the Mexican war began Mr.. Preston
took up a subscription of $4,000, which he
placed in bank TO the credit of the state gov
eminent, to be used in forwarding troops.
In August, 1916, requisition was made on
Kentucky for two additional regiments, and
in about five weeks they were raised. Mr..
Preston enlisted as private, but was soon
made lieutenant colonel in the Fourth regi-
ment. which was attached to SCOTS column.
After participating in the most memorable
battles of the war, he remained in the City Of
Mexico until the treaty of peace was made in
1S4S.
After his return from Mexico Gen. Preston
was chosen, in 1919, a joint member with the
Hon James Guthrie to represent Louisville at
the convention which formed the present con-
stitution of the state of Kentucky. He led
the opposition to G. Davis in the Know
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
The Work of Manuscript Making.

Many manuscript makers seem to attach
special consequence to their craft; they are
fond of talking about it, and clarifying it, as
if 1t were rare, precious, ideal. l am wholly
unable to share this prejudice Manuscript
making is hard, precarious, ill paid; it may
be regarded in the main as an unfortunate
occupation, and, as such, entitled to some
degree of sympathy, but not otherwise
cannot see wherein it differs, as an employ
ment, from practicing law. keeping accounts
or ceiling groceries, except that these are less
unproftable.-Junius Henri Browne in Lip
pincott's
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

1t must be remembered of jefferson
that though he stood six feet two inches
high, and possessed strong physical
vitality, yet he was cast in the feminine
rather than in the masculine mold. In
stead of the athletic sports of hunting and
horse racing the harsh excitement of
cards and personal broils, he shrank away
to the more solitary and quiet pursuits of
books and music, the writing of rhymes
and dancing with village bellies. The
poetic and artistic temperament domi-
mated not only his youth, but his entire
ife.-John G. Nicolay in Harper's Maya
zine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

J IUVTt
he remained three years. Later he COM
manded the steamship Richmond for three
years, and the Mediterranean squadron of the
European fleet for year. and returned to the
United States in November, 1871. On Oct.
s. 1872, he took command of the navy yard,
and was subsequently in charge of the League
Island naval stations, from which he was
ordered to the Naval Asylum governorship,
which he held until Oct. 81, 1879, when he
vacated that position and was placed on the
retired list
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

cago Anarchists, is
n native of Vir-
ginia, and is SO
years old. In 1915
he graduated from
Hampton Sidney
college and adopted
the profession Of
law, but gave it up
on account of bad
health. In 1851 he
entered journalism,
and was connected
with The Washing
ton Union and The
Richmond Enquir-
or Tn 1879 ba una
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
The Communion of brandy.

A New York wine merchant says that the
consumption of brandy is steadily declining.
The increase of population ought to keep it
where it was if the decline was slight, but it
grows less and less every year. His explana-
ton is not that Americans believe it more
hurtful beverage than whisky, but that the
people are not so well of as to be able to re
sst the economy of whisky drinking. =
Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
REAR ADMIRAL MULLANY.

Close of the Eventfui Career of Brave
Man.
At Bryn Mawr, recently, Rear Admiral j.
R. Madison Mulany passed away He had
reached the ripe age of three score and ten,
and had been in the naval service forty-five
years. He entered it as a midshipman in
January, 1882. In that capacity he served
six years and was then promoted to passed
midshipman. Six years later he became a
lieutenant. Seventeen years after that pro-
motion he was made commander. Five years
after that he wore the uniform of a captain,
and three ears from that time he was a COM
modore. During tho war he commanded the
steamer Wyandotte, the sailing ship Supply
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

When he entered HENRY B. LOWERING.
politics, he was a journeyman shoemaker,
and was employed in Lynn shoe factory.
In 1872 he was elected to the state legisla-
ture as a labor representative, and in 1874 he
was reelected. In 1881 he was elected mayor
Of Lynn, and in 1882 he went to congress.
Mr.. Lowering is a man OF practical ideas, a
great worker, and is eminently a self made
man.
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and the steamers
Oneida and Bien-
vile. He captured
ele en- blockade
rum ers W b i C h
sailed under tn e
British fl ag. In
May, 1865, he re-
turned to Philadel-
p b i a W t h t h G
steamer Bienville
a n d a S S u m e d
charge of the ord
nance department
at the New York
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

launched forth on
his political career
he has always been
identified with la
or movements,
and is today a trade
unionist and q
Knight of Labor.
He received his
education in the
public schools of
Lynn, and served
as a private in the
war, where he lost
a leg.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

N 1870 the French
people rushed into
war with mad en-
thusiasm, only to
find within a fort
night that they
were wretchedly
prepared, while the
Prussian army was
in the highest state
of e fiji C i e n C y .
French pride was
cruelty wounded,
but the lesson was
well learned. In
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

Nothing Anti-Cath
Ole movement. He
was returned in
1851 as the Wing
representative Of
Louisville in the
house Of represen-
tatives. With all
his strength he adj
vocated reform in
the code of legal
practice. He was
chairman of tn q
first committee to
nOncilar tha
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

Eighteen Alpine tourists are reported
this season to have slipped off the noun.
tain side and lost their lives.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
HOW THEY DID IT.
MOBILIZATION OF THE FRENCH
MILITARY RESERVES.

The French People and the French Jour
nails Enthusiastic Over the Success of
the Scheme-A Country Mayor with a
Mania for Arresting Correspondents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
Henry Ii. Lowering,

Henry B. Lowering, the Democratic nomi-
nee for governor of Massachusetts,, was born
in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1871. Since he
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

transport service;
details were at
once made for all
branches of field
X, especially
constructing field
railways; accounts
with all who fur
nished animals or
supplies were care
fully made out, and
80 the mobilization
was complete. In
three d avs t b e
Seventeenth corps
was ready to
march; in a week
it was prepared for
an arduous cam
paign. The French
exult over t h is
brilliant success.
Their journals as
sure us, with pa
triotic fervor, that
if the other corps do
so well - and Of
H. ILL
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

THEATRE HUf Al FIRE.
There is an unwritten but unalterable law Of
chance that DEGREES the burning OF some the
atre, with attendant loss of life, every year.
This law cannot be done away with, but the
loss of life, it would seem, might be averted.
The man who invents appliances which will
bring this about will have the thanks of the
whole civilized world.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
GEN. ROGER A. PRYOR.
The Man Who Will Argue the Anarch-
lists Case.

Gen. Roger A. Pryor, who has consented
to aid in irving to save the necks of the Chi
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
THE MAYOR OF PINsAQUEL.

France, the six departments centering at
Toulouse; and the experiment was perfect
success. Within twenty-four hours 10000
men were at the military depots ready for
active service
The illustrated papers of Paris give graphic
accounts of the proceedings, with illustra-
tions, some Of which we reproduce. The
Seventeenth army corps, the one selected, is
commanded by Gen. Breart, who served with
great distinction in Africa in 1861, in Italy
in 1859, in the Mexican expedition and the
war with Prussia, and has risen by regular
degrees from sous lieutenant to division
general. Pursuant to a law passed on the
goth of July the government first issued pri-
vate directions TO all the commanders of the
six departments included in the district of
the Seventeenth corps. Placards were then
shipped to the mayor Of every commune to
be held for orders On the 30th Of August, at
s p M, the telegraphic order went out:
"Mobilize the active troops of the Seven
tenth corps d'armee The first day of mo-
bilzation is Aug. 81"
few minutes after the dispatch was re-
ceived at the principal towns of the district
the mayors were notified and next morning
the people saw this on the bulletin boards
EXPERIMENT OF MOBILIZATION.
minister of war orders the mobilization of the
staff, service and corps de troupe of the active
army stationed in the territory of the Seven
teenth region of the corps d'armee; also the re-
QUESTION of animals carriages and harness neces-
sary to the completeness. etc.
Then follow minute directions as to the way
each one shall report to his immediate superior.
The civil and military authorities are respon-
sible for the execution of these directions
The Minister Of War,
GEN. FERRoN.
Every man enrolled was soon on the march
to his rendezvous. The next day they were
massed, the next they were armed and
equipped and the next Joined their regiments.
The railways and telegraphs of the whole
district passed at once under military con-
troll, and $50 trains passed through Tou-
louise in one night carrying men and supplies
The cavalry and rtillery were equipped from
their own depots acquisitions OH the peasant;
brought the needed horses and carts fol-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07
Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.

We present with this a cut of the burning
of the Theatre Royal at Exeter, England, by
which so many lives were lost recently.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

folk thort it began to look mysterious,
an were jist on the pint O. 'vestigatin'
it, wen young Simon got back. 'Twan't
many hours fore the hull deestric'
know'd th't Simon had found the house
empty. The oil man We're gone, Jim
were gone, Patience were gone, an wuss
thin all, as Simon said, the oil man S
money chist were gone. Simon ripped
round the neighborhood an swore tn t
his brother Jim had murdered the oil
man an hid his body som'ers in the
woods, an then stole the money an run
off with Patience. More'n th't, he swore
tilt ev'ry one in the deestric' had helped
Jim do it, an th't he'd hev 'em all hung.
But no evidence o no murder couldn t
be found, an nobody couldn't under
stand wat it all meant. AFTER vile
Simon, findin' th't he couldn't find a
clew to nothin', sot fire to the house one
night an mex day left the deestric'
cussin' ev'rybody th't were in it, an no
body ever see him ag'in.
people was beginning to fergit all
about the curious circumstance, wen
who should pop outen a stage one day at
the crossin' but Jim Morer an Patience,
ez smilin' ez two baskets o. chips Wall
now, sonny, mebbe tn want a time
wen Jim and the gal heerd the news
They jist went wild, an ev'ry body sec
to wunst that they didn't knaw nuthin
bout oil Morer or his money. Jim said
that him an Patience had been bound tc
marry one another, an so the night artel
young Simon went to Philadelphy to SEE
the lawyer, they jist slid quietly out o
the house an walked ten miles through
the woods an got married, an war on {
weddin' tower ever sence. Wen the'
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-02-24
FUR SUNDAY READING.
AN EXPERIMENT.

Who wished the origin Of speech to know,
And % be turned 70 little children--since =.
It b to them for knowledge wise men 60.
z
ne vook tneeo uStlo ones Wnuo yot efUunu
Their newborn souls the silence fingered stin,
sound
Was ever hesrd-it IVES his royal win
tI
NO nappy nursery rhymes, no luueueoo
These little children ever sung or henfd;
NO mother waited for the sweet surprise
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CHOICE SELECTIONS.

What is resignation? 1t is putting
God between ones self and ones grief.
Madame St0etchine.
Our life is an apprenticeship to the
truth that around every circle another
can be drawn.-Emerson.
Most people would succeed in small
things, II they were not troubled with
great ambitiOns.-L0nQfcllos0. .
III we would bring holy life to
Christ, we must mind our fireside du-
ties as well as the duties of the sanctu-
ary.-Spurgeon.
We are all parts of q beautiful
garden, and may have rich harvests for
our Master IL we love him enough
Louisa n. Alcotl. A7A'
1t Is utterly vain for any one to at
tempt to reason in opposition to the
truth of God. Every word of God shall
stand forever-Baptist Weekly.
Shall we rcpine at . little mis-
placed charity, we who could no way
foresee the effect-when an all-know-
Ing, all-wise Being showers down ey-
cry day His benefits ON the unthankful
and undeservingP-Atterbwry.
\. -"The Lord Is thy keeper" but not
thy jailer. His keeping Is not confine-
ment. 1t is protection. When you com.
init your ways to Him. He does not
abridge your liberty; He only defends
you against the eyil.--L. N. Lssdlow.
Christians are like the several
flowers in garden, that have each of
them the dew Of heaven. which being
shaken with the wind. they let fall at
each others roots. whereby they are
jointly nourished, and become nourish-
ers Of each other. BMnyan.
Mature never hurries; atom by
atom, little by little. she achieves her
work. The lesson one learns in
fishing. yachting, hunting or planting,
Is the manners Of nature; patience with
the delays Of wind and sun, delays of
the seasons, bad weather, excess or
lack OF water.-LoNQfeIlotc.
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MISSIONARY NOTES.

Tho Gospel Of Christ ~ Taught In Foreign
Lands - Chinese Justice - Jesus Treat
ment Of the Sinner.
Heather China puts to shame Chris
tian America for tardiness in rendering
justice for the outrages committed up
on the Chinese upon our western bor-
der. Last year, in spirit of retail
iation, raids were made on the Amer
lean Mission in Chung King, West
China, cndangering life and destroying
property. But, while the Chinese in
demnity bill hangs fire in the American
Congress for outrages committed much
earlier, the Chinese Government comes
promptly forward and offers s25, 200
indemnity to the American mission
aries.
Adoniram Judson preached to the
Buddhists in Burmah for six years,
without convert. Somebody wrote
to him, after he had been there fivo
years, to know what were the prospects
for the conversion of tho heather. Hr
answered: LAS bright as the promises
Of God"
A Hindu convert IN Madras said: 81
know what Christianity is. It kills STA
in the heart and roots it up"
A young Brahman at the baptismAl
font in Masulipatam said: II read your
Bible; admired its contents; wanted
God, but did not want Christ. Bat
when l tried to obey God I found
wanted Christi .a.
A native Chinese missionary said to
his audience: "a man who is sinner
is like man who has fallen in pit.
There came a Confusian philosopher
and gave the man lecture; What a
fool you were to fall in there. advise
you when you get out not to fall in
there again. and so he passed on.
"Then came Buddhist priest, who in
a tone of pity exclaimed: % poor man,
am very sorry for you, but can not
reach you SO far down. If you could
climb up half way, I could help you
up
"'Ah, said the sinner, if I
could climb up half way. 1 could climb
up the rest
"'Then can not help you. Then
you must lie.'
"Then the Lord Jesus came by. and
with an Almighty arm of grace, he
reached as low as the poor man had
fallen and lifted him, not to the edge
of the pit where he would fall in again,
but into a place where he was safe for
evermOre.-B. d. A.
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tribute to Wordsworth that we remem-
ber is the saying Of Mr.. Lowell that
his best poetry is ''part of the cir we
breathe"
Bringing the truth to bear upon
familiar experiences Is what has made
the popularity and success Of many
preachers who are not afraid to do It.
We have remembered for years SIM
pie appeal we heard in sermon from
DR.. John Hall on the duty Of men to
provide for their families by insuring
their lives. Mr.. Moody once illustrated
the benefit Of trying different ways Of
reading the Bible by his wife's expert.
ments in cooking tomatoes till at last
she found style that he liked. 1t was
homely comparison for great audi
ence in the West End Of London, but
after all, not homelier than that of the
Kingdom Of Heaven to the yeast that .
woman puts into her dough. Mn
Spurgeon is ano other illustrious example
Of the freshness and power of common.
place truth spoken out Of warm heart
and loving sympathy with human
needs.
Sin is a commonplace fact. The
misery 1t brings is an everyday matter.
The doom it threatens is an affair Of
universal concern. The temptations
that beset men and women and children
are familiar, humdrum, very ordinary
prose, not poetry or romance. And
when we look into the Gospel that tells
Of salvation from sin and help in tempt.
alton, we find that its scenes and say.
ings are all linked with everyday life,
the workshop and the farm and the
fishing-boat, the household and the
market-place. Its good news is Of q
Saviour who lived and died not only
for men, but with them, and to whom
the common people listened gladly be.
cause he spoke of common things, and
made the highest truth touch vitality
the most matter of fact duties and trials
and cares. The Christian preacher II
privileged to declare just such com
monplace Gospel, and the fact of it:
being SO is the very thing to keep hi.
heart afire and his hope alive, and tc
preserve him from growing tired OF
tiresome in preaching it.-M Y Er
/ Gn1tuer.
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The statistics reported by tie So.
eiety OF friends (Quakers) In England
tho pa1t year show that the quiet, even
lives Of the peaceful sect promotes Ion.
gcvity. The deaths of 229 members in
England and ireland last year only
showed % under years of age. Be-
tween s snd 10 years there were five
deaths; between 10 and 20 years, >; i,s
tween ~ and 80 years, IL; between s
and 40 years, 16; between 40 and 80
years. ~; between SO and 90 years; %;
between GO and 20 years. 81: between
20 and 80 years. "a; between 80 and 80
years, 80; between 30 and 100 years, 10.
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COMMONPLACE TRUTH.


The Easotivensas Of Tsiklng Of Everyday
A6slrs In the Pulpit-Gospel Iilustra-
ti0ns.
A prominent minister has lately pub
lished his conviction that an element OF
weakness in his ministry has been the
shrinking from the Saying. and saying
again, things that are common and
even commonplace" We believe the
point is we'll taken. Without doubt,
many preachers are worried and ham
pered In precisely this way. A man
sets ont to make sermon, torusented
with the idea that he must be original,
and that Whatever he says, he must say
something that nobody has said before;
or. ct the very least, must find way
Of saying something that has never be-
fore been found. As result, he works
uneasily and often ineffective. There
is danger, too, of growing morbidly
self-conscious, and caring more for the
impression made by himself than for
that made by the truth ON his hearers.
This snare is to be avoided. not by
lapsing lazily into the careless repeti-
ton Of platitudes, but by remembering
that peoples lives are made up OF COM
mon things. and that the truth suited
10 their needs is that which touches
common things in a real and earnest
way. The fault has often been found
with LongfelIow's poetry that it is
mostly about everyday affairs. Mr..
Howells says truly that such criticism
ls the highest praise. for 1t means that
Longfellow has given US 'sthe poetry OF
general human liis.' And the finest
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George Peters jumped Off train
which was running past Columbus, O.,
at forty-tivc miles an hour, and during
the two hours he was unconscious tho
doctor found fivo broken bones. three
severe contusions and four scalp
wounds.
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lin China a man never sees his wife
until he Is welded to her for life. Chi
ncse courtships must be very inexpen-
sive affairs, but contain no more fun than
walking two miles home from church
alone on y dark and rainy night. Nor
rist0sDn Herald. IN
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Aho 1OuT 1SittAo oucbs
We often see children with red eruptions
on face and hands, rough, scaly skin, and
often sores on the head. These things in
dicate depraved condition Of the blood.
In the growing period, children have need
Of pure blood by which to build up strong
and healthy bodies. If DR.. Pierce's "Gold:
en- Medical Discovery" Is given, the blood
ID purged Of its bad elements, and the
chill"s development will be healthy, and as
it should be. Scrofulous affections, ricketts,
fever-sores, hip-joint disease or other grave
maladies and suffering are sure to result
from neglect and lack Of proper attention
to such cases.
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TIE removal of Prof. sanborn, OF n. H.,
after being pronounced incurable by q
score Of physicians, from Las Vegas, N. N.
to his home, was effected by administering
DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic, which has restored
him to his former good health.
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A SAILOR can truthfully speak Of the
vessel in which he sails as the place Of his
berth,
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CREAM BALM

For Is years I 'cas
annoyed srh CO.
tarrh, severe pain IN
my head, discharges
into my throat and
unpleasant breath.
Ny sense Of smell
,sas much impaired.
haze overcome these
troubles With Ny's
Cream Bdlm.0B.
Case, St. Denis Hote1,
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to use. Price Scots. by
circular. ELY BROTI
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CREAM PuFHs-milk advertisements. =
Puck
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DANGER Signalled by Cough is averted
With @ Hsle's Honey Of HSrehoHnd and ;In,. Tar
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"NovRMBER $780," wrote JOS P. Murphy,
Springfield, Tenn, "my wife suffered
eighteen months with neuralgia and, pa
ralysiA By use Of st. Jacobs OIL she
could walk" October 7th, 1850, he writes |:
my wife recovered entirely" Price fifty
cents.
Charles Tel, Of Philadelphia, Pa, was In
hopeless condition from throat trouble
and asthma Red Star Cough Cure cured
him. Price twenty-five cents. At druggists.